...www.facebook.com/events/188321767981616/ or by searching APO Youth Carnival. For additional information, contact Karissa Sleppy at 907-545-5486 or by email at ksleppy@gmail.com . Alpha Phi Omega National Coed Service Fraternity has more...

JDHS' Karissa Jackson leads in the hurdles as teammates watch from the side lines during Saturday's unofficial meet between the Crimson Bears, Thunder Mountain and Skagway. Unofficial results and more photos will run in Mondays sports.

...Mike Jackson loved to watch his daughter Karissa, 16, compete on the Juneau-Douglas...with the huge smile, was on his daughter Karissa's shoulder as she stroked through the...actually getting out and doing this," Karissa said. "We ran a lot together. He always...

Michel Joven, of the Hedgehogs, and Karissa Jackson, with the Mud Dogs, battle for the ball in front of the Hedgehogs' goal during the Juniors game of this year's Holiday Cup. For more photos go online to spotted.juneauempire.com.

xzJuneau-Douglas High School track and field members, from left, Cassie Orbistondo, Alison Delabrurer, Karissa Jackson, and Carolyn Chenoweth work to shovel show off the long jump runway at Adair-Kennedy Municipal Park on Thursday.

...Messerschmidt won the state mixed doubles championship on Saturday in Anchorage after defeating South Anchorage's Eddie Lewis and Karissa Saber 6-2, 6-4. The team of Aaron Cohen and Nathan Graves earned state runner-up after falling 6-2, 6-2 to Lathrop's...

...This year's captains on the boys' side are seniors Zach Bursell, Andre Bunton and Jesse Miller. And Maya Rieselbach, Karissa Jackson, and Emily and Samantha Sharp will lead the girls. "This season is looking really great. We're actually out here...

...junior Leah Francis won the Region V Jack Eddy Classic on Saturday in Petersburg with a time of 18:05.00, and freshman Karissa Jackson was second in 20:20, as the Juneau girls finished first with 22 points. Skagway was second in the 3.1-mile...

...in 18:17.2 last Saturday to place fifth in the open division at Boise, Idaho. An article in Sunday's Juneau Empire incorrectly stated that her time was 21:09. That mark, in fact, belonged to her JDHS teammate Karissa Jackson.

...Karen and John Amrhein, who named her Karissa. When she was two, the family moved...was a high school graduation present to Karissa from her parents, to let her see the...October that year they had formally adopted Karissa.The mystery of her mother was never...